Tag: Leanne Best

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TV Review: Four Lives

I finally get round to watching the achingly poignant Four Lives, a searching dramatisation of institutional failings…

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TV Review: Compulsion

Anna Chancellor and Leanne Best lead the cast of the surprisingly effective Channel 5 thriller Compulsion “I…

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TV Review: Close To Me

At six episodes, Close To Me perhaps strings out its central mystery a touch too long, diluting…

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Film Review: Little Joe (2019)

Currently on iPlayer, I dip into the wonderfully weird and entirely too plausible world of Little Joe…

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TV Review: Close to Me, Episode 1

The first episode of Channel 4’s new drama Close to Me promises much, with Connie Nielsen and…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Chris Bush David Mamet Not-London Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Turbine Theatre UK

News: Almeida and Turbine reopen, Oleanna cast

The Almeida has announce their new programme of socially-distanced theatre for Christmas 2020 and into 2021: Nine…

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News: The Mono Box launch The Monologue Library

I mean, just look at this absolute treasure trove of theatrical talent!  We are proud to announce…

Posted in Adam Guettel Andrew Lloyd Webber Anton Chekhov Ben Weatherill David Hare Donmar Warehouse Jack Thorne LGBTQ+ Lynn Nottage Musicals National Theatre Not-London Open Air Theatre Peter Shaffer Rona Munro Royal Court Shakespeare Theatre Theatre Royal Bath Theatre Royal Stratford East UK West End

July theatre round-up

I might have taken a break from reviewing for the last couple of months, but I didn’t…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Lynn Nottage Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2018

Review: Sweat, Donmar Warehouse

The ferocious Sweat may not feel festive at the Donmar Warehouse but its message is ultimately one…